3.0% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Somerton Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Somerton Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Somerton Park, where 17.3% of workers are in this field. The area has a stable job market with an unemployment rate of 3.0%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the South Australian figure. Full-time employment sits at 56.1%, a little below the national average.
58.3% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Besides health care, the most common industries for local workers are education and training at 10.8% and professional and technical services at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.9%, followed by managers at 17.6% and community and personal service workers at 13.2%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Somerton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41352/somerton-park/topic/employment